diacetic acid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diacetic acid
First recorded in 1880–85; di- 1 + acetic acid
Example Sentences
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On house diet, containing about 90 grams of carbohydrate, she excreted 6.9% of sugar, with moderate acetone and diacetic acid reactions in the urine.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
If the solution is boiled for two minutes, the color from diacetic acid will disappear, owing to the unstableness of that substance, while that from the drugs will remain unchanged.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
At entrance the child was in semi-coma, with very strong sugar, diacetic acid and acetone reactions in the urine.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
On this diet she was putting out 8 grams of sugar a day with moderately strong acetone and diacetic acid reactions in her urine.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
She has been reporting to the Out-patient Department every two weeks, and has never had any sugar, acetone or diacetic acid in the urine, and appears to be in splendid condition.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
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